אבוב

Aramaic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔabˈbuːβ/

Noun

אַבּוּב • (abbūḇ) m

  1. singular absolute/construct state of אַבּוּבָא (abbūḇā, “reed; flute; tube”)

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ב (ʾ-b-b)
6 terms

Etymology

Most likely a loan word from Akkadian 𒄀𒁍 (ebbūbum, “flute”), which probably derived from the root n-b-b (to be hollow). Compare Arabic أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb, “pipe, tube”).[1]

The Modern Hebrew sense is a phono-semantic matching of English oboe.[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈbuv/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

אַבּוּב or אִיבּוּב • (abúv or ibúv) m (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

  1. reed, flute
  2. pipe, tube
  3. inner tube
  4. a kind of buoy on which people sit, used for fun in water sports

Noun

אַבּוּב • (abúv) m (plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים, singular construct אַבּוּב־)

  1. (Modern Israeli Hebrew, music) oboe

Declension

Declension of אַבּוּב
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite אַבּוּב first אַבּוּבִי אַבּוּבֵנוּ
definite הָאַבּוּב second אַבּוּבְךָ אַבּוּבֵךְ אַבּוּבְכֶם אַבּוּבְכֶן
construct אַבּוּב־ third אַבּוּבוֹ אַבּוּבָהּ אַבּוּבָם אַבּוּבָן
plural indefinite אַבּוּבִים first אבוביי / אַבּוּבַי אַבּוּבֵינוּ
definite הָאַבּוּבִים second אַבּוּבֶיךָ אבובייך / אַבּוּבַיִךְ אַבּוּבֵיכֶם אַבּוּבֵיכֶן
construct אַבּוּבֵי־ third אַבּוּבָיו אַבּוּבֶיהָ אַבּוּבֵיהֶם אַבּוּבֵיהֶן

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Klein, Ernest (1987), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 1
  2. ^ https://www.balashon.com/2015/02/abuv.html
  3. ^ https://www.zuckermann.org/pdf/Secularization-F.pdf#page=8

Further reading

  • “אבוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • "אבוב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • אבוב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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